Following his T4 at The Open Championship Wyndham Clark discusses the fiasco surrounding what happened in the Oakmont Country Club locker room following the US Open and the subsequent consequences.
Yeah. So, you know, obviously I feel terrible with what happened and um you know, I’m doing anything I can to try to remedy the situation. Um we’re trying to keep it private between Oakmont, myself, and the USGA. So, I’m just happy we have a pathway moving forward. And I’m, like you said, hoping we can get past this and and move on and and hope there’s no, you know, ill will towards me and and Oakmont. And um so, like you said, I’m just trying to get past it and um you know, I want the best for Oakmont, USGA, and myself. And like I said, I’m I’m very sorry for what I did and feel terrible. And hopefully in a few months, we’re past this and you know, it’s something of the past. Yeah, I was uh we were hoping it was going to be private. Um I’ll just leave it at that. Uh I mean, I’ve had them in the past. You know, I’ve been pretty open about uh you know, my mental shift and change to get better and I did that in 23 and 24 and you know, and then having a tough year and all the expectations and just frustration all coming together and I did two stu things. But one thing that it did do is kind of wake me up and get me back into the person I know I am. and the person I want to be and and you know I I hope those things don’t reflect because I don’t think they reflect on who I am and you know going forward that stuff’s not going to happen again. I don’t know. I that’s up to them. Um yeah, that’s up to them. I I really don’t know. It’s um I would hope so. It’s a fantastic fantastic course in place. Um, but that’s up to them and you know I did something awful and I’m you know really sorry for it and hopefully they have it in their heart to forgive me and maybe in the future I’ll be able to play there. Yeah, I mean we we reached out and we wanted to do that. I mean obviously it’s a no-brainer to pay for the damages that was a given and um you know and then obviously all the apologies and then to yeah I want to give back to the community cuz I I hurt a great place in Pittsburgh. So yeah, I wanted to do anything I can to show them that what happened there was not a reflection of who I am and won’t happen again. But I want to show them who I really am with the apology and the things I’m going to do. You’ll be exempt in 2033 when it’s back at 8mon. Are you expecting to be in the field? No idea. That’s uh that’s up to them. I hope so.